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Adriaan J. Minnaard

Adriaan J. Minnaard

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Chemistry
Netherlands
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
82
Citations
20502
World Ranking
3160
National Ranking
73

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Adriaan J. Minnaard is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands and has an extensive research record primarily in the fields of chemistry, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their scholarly work encompasses a broad range of topics within these disciplines, with a notable emphasis on organic chemistry and molecular biology.

Their research focuses on several specialized subfields, including:

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Immunology
  • Epidemiology

Main topics covered in their publications include:

  • Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions

Among the recent papers authored include:

  • Chemical Synthesis of Cell Wall Constituents of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (2021), published in Chemical Reviews
  • Aggregation pheromones have a non-linear effect on oviposition behavior in Drosophila melanogaster (2023), published in Nature Communications
  • A terpene nucleoside from M. tuberculosis induces lysosomal lipid storage in foamy macrophages (2023), published in Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • CD1 lipidomes reveal lipid-binding motifs and size-based antigen-display mechanisms (2023), published in Cell
  • Stereoselective Protection-Free Modification of 3-Keto-saccharides (2020), published in Organic Letters

Frequent co-authors of Adriaan J. Minnaard include:

  • Martin D. Witte
  • Niels R. M. Reintjens
  • Ruben L. H. Andringa
  • D. Branch Moody
  • Nittert Marinus

Their work has been frequently published in venues such as:

  • University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology)
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Catalytic asymmetric conjugate addition and allylic alkylation with Grignard reagents.

    Syuzanna R. Harutyunyan;Tim den Hartog;Koen Geurts;Adriaan J. Minnaard

  • Recent advances in the catalytic asymmetric synthesis of β-amino acids

    B. Weiner;W. Szymanski;D. B. Janssen;A. J. Minnaard

  • Highly Enantioselective Rhodium-Catalyzed Hydrogenation with Monodentate Ligands

    Michel van den Berg;Adriaan J. Minnaard;Ebe P. Schudde;Jan van Esch

  • Recent advances in enantioselective copper-catalyzed 1,4-addition.

    Thomas Jerphagnon;M. Gabriella Pizzuti;Adriaan J. Minnaard;Ben L. Feringa

  • Asymmetric hydrogenation using monodentate phosphoramidite ligands.

    Adriaan J. Minnaard;Ben L. Feringa;Laurent Lefort;Johannes G. De Vries

  • Catalytic enantioselective conjugate addition with Grignard reagents

    Fernando López;and Adriaan J. Minnaard;Ben L. Feringa

  • Highly Enantioselective Rhodium-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of β-Dehydroamino Acid Derivatives Using Monodentate Phosphoramidites

    Diego Peña;Adriaan J. Minnaard;Johannes G. de Vries;D. Pena Gil

  • Monodentate phosphoramidites: A breakthrough in rhodium-catalysed asymmetric hydrogenation of olefins

    Michel van den Berg;Adriaan J. Minnaard;Robert M. Haak;Michel Leeman

  • The Family Approach to the Resolution of Racemates

    Ton Vries;Hans Wynberg;Erik van Echten;Jan Koek

  • An iterative catalytic route to enantiopure deoxypropionate subunits: asymmetric conjugate addition of grignard reagents to alpha,beta-unsaturated thioesters.

    Renaud Des Mazery;Maddalena Pullez;Fernando López;Syuzanna R. Harutyunyan

  • Rhodium-catalyzed addition of arylboronic acids to isatins: an entry to diversity in 3-aryl-3-hydroxyoxindoles.

    Patrick Y. Toullec;Richard B. C. Jagt;Johannes G. de Vries;Ben L. Feringa

  • PipPhos and MorfPhos: Privileged monodentate phosphoramidite ligands for rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation

    Heiko Bernsmann;M van den Berg;Robert Hoen;Adriaan Minnaard

  • A ligand-library approach to the highly efficient rhodium/phosphoramidite-catalyzed asymmetric arylation of N,N-dimethyl-sulfamoyl-protected aldimines

    Richard B. C. Jagt;Patrick Y. Toullec;Danny Geerdink;Johannes G. de Vries

  • A Comparative Lipidomics Platform for Chemotaxonomic Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Emilie Layre;Lindsay Sweet;Sunhee Hong;Cressida A. Madigan

  • Rhodium-catalyzed addition of arylboronic acids to isatins

    Patrick Y. Toullec;Richard B. C. Jagt;de Johannes Vries;Bernard Feringa

  • Application of monodentate secondary phosphine oxides, a new class of chiral ligands, in Ir(I)-catalyzed asymmetric imine hydrogenation

    X.B. Jiang;Adriaan Minnaard;B. Hessen;Bernard Feringa

  • Chiral separation by enantioselective liquid-liquid extraction

    Boelo Schuur;Bastiaan J. V. Verkuijl;Adriaan J. Minnaard;Johannes G. de Vries;Johannes G. de Vries

  • Achiral Ligands Dramatically Enhance Rate and Enantioselectivity in the Rh/Phosphoramidite‐Catalyzed Hydrogenation of α,β‐Disubstituted Unsaturated Acids

    Rob Hoen;Jeroen A. F. Boogers;Heiko Bernsmann;Adriaan J. Minnaard

  • On the mechanism of the copper-catalyzed enantioselective 1,4-addition of grignard reagents to alpha,beta-unsaturated carbonyl compounds.

    Syuzanna R. Harutyunyan;Fernando Lopez;Wesley R. Browne;Arkaitz Correa

  • A highly enantioselective intramolecular Heck reaction with a monodentate ligand.

    Rosalinde Imbos;and Adriaan J. Minnaard;Ben L. Feringa

Frequent Co-Authors

Ben L. Feringa
Ben L. Feringa University of Groningen
Johannes G. de Vries
Johannes G. de Vries Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
D. Branch Moody
D. Branch Moody Brigham and Women's Hospital
Diego Peña
Diego Peña University of Santiago de Compostela
Fernando López
Fernando López Spanish National Research Council
Dick B. Janssen
Dick B. Janssen University of Groningen
Auke Meetsma
Auke Meetsma University of Groningen
Wiktor Szymanski
Wiktor Szymanski University of Groningen
Arnold J. M. Driessen
Arnold J. M. Driessen University of Groningen
Joost N. H. Reek
Joost N. H. Reek University of Amsterdam

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